Today I had a little powwow with my middle school girls’
basketball team. A couple of weeks ago we had our first regular season game and
we have quite a few inexperienced gals… and we were playing on less than 2
weeks of practice; basically, I’m saying we played but I knew going in we weren’t
necessarily ready.
The game plan going into that game was simply to go
through the things we were learning in practices and not be dictated by the
other team, or even the scoreboard of the game. Therefore, in that game I evaluated
and observed in order to prepare for the season ahead. (We don’t play again
until Dec 15.) There was a method and plan going in… even down to our exact
substitution patterns for the game.
Today we returned to practice from our Thanksgiving break
and I started implementing some more things that will form our identity as a
team. I am specifically building a defense that fits our strengths… our offense
will start to build on our strengths… etc.
The powwow was at the end of the practice and I simply
told the girls to “trust the process!” Those are words coaches use often when
building a program… it requires those involved to exercise patience… to stick
with the plan… I told the girls that in spite of losing on the scoreboard a
couple of weeks ago, I could see that we are going to be a really good team! (I
even started painting a picture in their minds of who I envisioned them being
on the defensive end… telling them that opposing teams will go to bed at night
and start screaming when they close their eyes thinking our girls were coming
at them!)
I have a plan!
To give credit where credit is due, tonight’s devotion
was first spurred in my mind by a gentleman I heard speaking to some of our
juniors and seniors at the school this morning. He was from Liberty University’s
aviation program… I don’t remember his first name but can’t forget his last… it
is Wing.
Mr. Wing shared some incredible truths about his time on
the mission field, and shared a simple reminder from the Scriptures. He told
the students that he was thankful for something he couldn’t see yet… he told
them he trusts the plan and process of God… he told them that he was “confident
of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will complete it unto
the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:6)
All of this build up for a reminder of a very basic
truth: God is alive and well! God is at work! God’s plan is not dependent upon
the “scoreboard” of life! God’s plan will prevail and we need to trust the
process!
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